I agree with Randy, the teen white girl piece was great too. aline On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Randy Reiter <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > My son sent me the link to this piece and I was glad he did. This piece > might bring the idea of the gap between rich and poor to more young people > than media coverage of its rise over the past decade (much as Jon Stewart > might be for youth the foremost exemplar of the practice of critical > thinking available in current media). > > My only critique of the Onion piece is that its historical approach > suggested a gradual/steady increase worldwide over time (suggesting > inevitability), rather than a recent jump due to recent political-economic > practices. > > But really the most brilliant item from the Onion from around the same time > was the article about a teenage white girl being ordered by the judge to be > tried as a 300-pound black man. Absolutely not to be missed. > > ____________________________________________ > Randy Reiter, PhD, MPH, Population and Community Health Epidemiologist > Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health > Community Health Epidemiology > Community Programs > San Francisco Dept. of Public Health > 30 Van Ness, Suite 260 > San Francisco, CA 94102 > [log in to unmask] > phone: 415 575-5767 fax: 415 575-5799 > > Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often > vague, than an exact answer to the wrong questions, which can always be > made precise. > --JW Tukey, The future of data analysis, Ann math stat, 1962; 33:13-14 > > Social determinants of health are life-enhancing resources, such as food > supply, housing, economic and social relationships, transportation, > education, and health care, whose distribution across populations > effectively determines length and quality of life > - CDC > > Medicine is a social science, and politics is but medicine on a large > scale. > -Rudolf Virchow, Die medizinische Reform, 2. In Henry Ernest Sigerist, > Medicine and Human Welfare, 1941: 93 > > I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so > vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is > horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other > people. > - Eduardo Galeano > > > > > aline nizigama > <aline.nizigama@G > MAIL.COM> To > Sent by: Social [log in to unmask] > Determinants of cc > Health > <[log in to unmask]> Subject > Re: [SDOH] [Bulk] Re: [SDOH] Gap > Between Rich And Poor Named 8th > 02/01/2011 04:39 Wonder Of The World > AM > > > Please respond to > Social > Determinants of > Health > <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > > For those who are not familiar with the Onion, they always try to push the > envelope with very dry satire. They absolutely make fun of everything and > everyone. In satire unfortunately, there is no limit, and the Onion is > known for that. And they usually try to repeat what people are secretly > thinking, or the absurdities that we hear in the rhetorics around us, > however, they do so to actually call on the absurd, the twisted, the > obviously distorted aspects of our daily lives. I am a huge fun and would > highly encourage all of you offended by the seemingly anti-semitic > statement to look at it as one that is intended to call out the absurdity > and hilarity directed at those who easily believe in conspiracy theories > (orchestrated by "the Jews")... > > Sincerely, > > Aline N. > > -- > Aline Nizigama > Bachelor of Health Studies (Specialized Honours) - Health Policy [York > University] > Master of Public Policy Candidate [University of Toronto] > Tel: 647.886.1977 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > Aline Nizigama > Diplôme d'Honneur Spécialisé en Politiques de la Santé [Université York] > Candidate - Maîtrise en Politiques Publiques [Université de Toronto] > Tél: 647.886.1977 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > To leave, manage or join list: > https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1 > To leave, manage or join list: > https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1 > -- Aline Nizigama Bachelor of Health Studies (Specialized Honours) - Health Policy [York University] Master of Public Policy Candidate [University of Toronto] Tel: 647.886.1977 Email: [log in to unmask] Aline Nizigama Diplôme d'Honneur Spécialisé en Politiques de la Santé [Université York] Candidate - Maîtrise en Politiques Publiques [Université de Toronto] Tél: 647.886.1977 E-mail: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1